Bed-spring.



c; o. LOGKLI-N@ IBED SPRING. APPLIUATI'OH FILED N011. 251911.

Patented det. 15,1912.

a SHEETS-SHEET a.

' vide a bed spring in which the frame 1s at to prevent the saghging ofthe frame when, as

' often happens, t

not rest upon the rails of: the bedstead but 'is sl ported only atits endsor corners.- If

- 7 Be it known that I, (iconen C.`Looxm1sr,

. GEORGE c- LocxLIN, or HAMuo'ND, INDIANA.

' :BED-SPRING.

To it concern:

afcitizen of the United States, residing at Hammond,` in'the county `of Lake and State 'of Indiana, havev invented certain ynew and useful Improvements in Bed-Springs, of which the following is a s cification. "fj

My invention relates to ed springs. A primary yobject of myinvention is to provide t pe which shall, `have all the desirable eatures of a box-spring without any of its objectionable features.' To that endV I have produced a spring'fully inclosed. infsuitable covers which, however, are readily remov` able and replaceable, not' o'nly for" .the 'pur- 'Sag .als

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i. ofthe outer frame.

i vsame parts in the several figures of the lports the springs upon :the bedstead while and devices in bed ose of cleanin the covers but also `for m' ak.l lng all parts o the spring readily accessible forpurposes of repair. y

Another object of the invention is to ro-l once light and very strong and rigid, and in which all of the exposed parts are of Vmetal-. The `rigidity which my improved construetion of frame'supplies is needed particularly e. vsupporting frame does ame is not `very rigid it`.will bend or under these circumstances,A which, of course, causes the spring structure `to sag The invention has for further objects the several novel and improved arral ements springs hereina er described 'and claimed. s f. The invention is illustrated, ina preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawings wherein-.

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Figure 1 is a fragmentary planyi'ew of a bed Spring constructed in accordance with the inventlon; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig'. 3, a plan View, showing thepad and covering removed; Fig. 4, a vertical sectionalview looking toward one Vend of the bed; Figs. 5 and 6, detail vertical and plansections, respectively, illustrating the preferred -constructlon of what is termed the outer frame of the bedv spring, and Fig. 7, a view, in perspective, of one of the corner pieces Like characters: of reference indicate the drawings.

The framework of thev bed spring con--y Specification of Letters Patent.

a bed spring of the box spring.

. frame may Patented ont. 15,1912.

' Application led November. 25', 1911.- Ser1a1Nc,.662,428. l

" sists of an outer frame which rests upon' the bedstead andl toy whichA .thecovering is i.detachably v"secured, and 'an inner vframe 'which carries the lsprings `and is supported from the outer-frame, while at the same time reinforcing the outer frame.

, Referring to 'he drawlngs, Aframe consists of -side strips 1 0-'endend stripsll, both of wood and covered with sheet metal' sheathings 12 ``and 13, these sheathingsbeing stretched around the Wood` with. thelr .opposite edges `seamed together asindioated atv14 'in Fig. 5. The corners of the framev are rounded, the abutting side and end pieces 10, 11 being secured together by means-of corner pieces' 151.(Fig. 7). The

the outer corner#` ieceshave rounded` backs and auf lar. anges"1'6 'and ,are slipped over the ame members 10, 11 .and secured thereto ,by the rivets 17. The {ianges' 16 are prefferably formed IWith lugs 18 which are bent over against the frame members (Fig. 6). By this construotion I obtain several desirable'iesults: First, thejouter frame, bein of Woodan'd sheet metal, s-light. Secon by sheathing ,the outer frame, as indicated,

I obtain allof the sanitary qualities of a metal frame.` Third, I provide a support of Suche character that the' "attaching studs f forr the cover can be simply and effectively secured thereto -with the same facility as if the outer frame were simply of Wo d, while retaining the desirable advantages of a metal frame.

'The' `inner frame 'consists of metal side vstrips 19 arranged edgewise within the side rails-2Q. of the'bedstead (Fig.l 4.), end strips 21 of similar character, and cross strips 22,

`22 connectin the side strips. The inner struts -23 (Fig' 3). vThe vside and end strips of the innerframe are sustained from the outer frame by rigid hangers formed, in the preferred construction shown, by integral extensions 24 of 'the'.cross strips 2 2 which overlap and are secured by rivets 25 to the top of the outer, frame, the strips furtherl reinforced by the being given a half twist (Fig. 4) sothat the extensions 24 lie fiat on theouter frame.

The end strips 21 ofthe inner vframe are secured to angular'I hangers 26 riveted to the end'membersv of the vcuter frame. By this construction I produce a composite frame consisting of the outer frame which supallowing a part of the-fspringb'dy to eX- tend-belowrthe side bars of the bedstead,

' thus providing for a desired depth of spring as in the familiar box spring construction. The -iinner frame which directly'supports thezsprings and which, being band steel placed edgewise7 combines. strength 'with lightness, and the rigid strips which, being vrigidly connected to the inner and outer frames so unite the two frames that the inner frame reinforces and supports 'the Outer frame along its entire length, thus makingit possible to use light weight material for the outer frame which in turn permits Ine to use w/ood tor metal sheathed wood' for the outer frame to which-the cover studs can be quickly and cheaply attached by nailing the same to the outer frame.7 By .fastening the connecting strips betweenthe vso outer frame and the inner frame to the former at a.poi,nt above its under face the strips being preferably fastened to its upper face, I am enabled to secure covering attach'- Ying studs to the inner edge of the outer spiralsA 27a are sustained on the vcross strips 22. The outer spirals 27 rest on brackets 29 riveted to the hangers 24, 26. y 30 designates a pad which rests'on the I u spring struct-ure.

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The` entire bedtspringr-lis covered and inclosed by a"twopartcovering consisting of an upper cover 3l and aglower cover 32 made of ticking, or the like. TheI upper cover 31, is. removably attachedto the outer face fof the outer frame 10, 11. The lower coverisinlike nanner secured to the inner fee of'this frame. The entire bed spring structure` is therefore covered and inclosed er'ceptithe. lowerfface of the outer frame whicl'1v..c is` designed to rest upon the bedstead.. It' would' not be desirable to inclose thissurface because if this were'done the cloth covering. would soon be worn out between. the frame and the bedstead.

Ipreferably employ snap fasteners for securing the covers to the frame. Other fasteners could be used. The\covers are provided with sockets 33. Studs for the sockets are secured to the frame l0, 11. By making the body of this frame of wood it is possible to? fasten the studs to the frame by ordinary nails 35 which are driven through the tops In order` to supported at their ends.

sockets 33 engaging with studs 34a on the upper surface of the frame.

It will be seen that by the above described f arrangement covering is provided which completelyincloses the bed spring structure, top, bottom Aand sides, except'/ at the under face of lthe outer frame, and which can be easily removed when necessary. Both upper and lower covering can be removed without lifting the bed spring from the bedstead.

It will be noted that by this arrangementno .part of the covering is interposed between.

two wearing surfaces, 'and here also an objectionable feature of spring is avoided. t f

The ordinary dove-tailed corner castings -of metal beds are not always made to it closely and 'accurately one into the other. This .may occur even where the same manufacturer make's the end pieces'4 and side pieces of a bedstead, and it frequently hap.- pens that in the commercial handling of beds'teads side bars made by one manufacturer' are shipped out with head and foot bars made by another. For these and similar reasons sometimes the tops of the side'v bars 'in the Aassembled bedstead are at a level considerably higher than the castings for receiving the ends of the side bars, in which event the end pieces of the spring frame will be supported only at their ends, While in other cases the tops of theside bars will be lower than theendv Castings, in which event the sides of the spring frame would only be Thus in Figs. 3 and 4 the top 'of side bar 2O is below the upper surface ofthe cast-ing 36 into which l it is iitted. Either of these conditions subject-s the frame to objectionable strains which tend to sag and weaken the frame and to disarrange the spring structure. In my improved bed spring the metal strips 19 and 2l so continuously support the outer frame that such sagging cannot occur.

I thus provide a bed spring which has the depth and resilient qualities v of the box spring type and which may be inclosed by a cover as in the case of a b oX spring, but in which the cover is nowhere subject to wear between coengaging surfaces, a spring,

the ordinary box moreover, which. can be constructed of lighter materials. than is usual without loss of strength and` rigidity, the outer frame being largely of wood, one in which the covers can be readily changed, one which though partly made of wood has all the sanitary qualities of an all metal spring, and one which combines withall desirable features of a boX spring a ready accessibility for purposes of cleaning and repair.

l/Vhile I have described my invention as embodied in certain preferred constructions, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that this structure 'might be modified in certain respects without departing from my inverition.A Therefore do not limit mysellf to 'the precise constructions and arrangements able novelty the bed spring disclosed may frame within and Aspaced from the outer.

have in view of the prior art.

Iclaim: f 1. Ina bed spring, the combination with a rigidouter rectangular frame adapted to rest'uponV a bedstead, of a rigid rectangular frame and rigidly connected therewith comprising strips 0i metal lying edgewise within the side rails of the bedstead, and aspring structure sustained on said inner frame.

v 2. In a' bed spring, the combination with a rigid rectangular outer frame 4adapted to rest upon the bedstead, of a rigid rectangu;

lar frame within and spaced from the louter I frame andrigidly connected therewith comprising strips of metal lying edgewise with- 1n the side rails' of the bedstead, and end strips and intermediate cross strips connecting the same;` and a spring structure sus* tained on said'inner frame.

l 3. In a bed spring, the combination with a 'rigid outer rectangular frame adapted-to rest`upon a bedstead, of a rigid rectangular frame within and spaced from the outer frame comprising strips of metal lying edgewise within the side-rails of the bedstead, and end strips and intermediate cross strips connecting said side strips; angular hangers which support the inner frame from the cuter frame.; and a spring structure sustained on said inner frame.

4. -In a bed spring, the combination with rigid outer rectangular frame adapted to rest upon abedstead, comprising `side and end members of wood Vcovered with sheet metal, of a rigid rectangular frame within and spaced from the outer frame and rigidly connected therewith comprising strips of metal lying edgewise within the side rails of the bedstead; and a spring structure sustained on said inner frame,

5. In a bed spring, the combination with an outer frame' adapted to rest upon a bed stead comprising side and end members of wood covered with sheet metal, and sheet metal corner pieces having -rounded backs 'and angular `flanges overlapping and secured to the abutting ends of the sideand end pieces; an inner frame rigidly connect-ed with and supported fromthe outer frame comprising lstrips of metal lying edgewise within the side rails of the bedstead, and aspring structure sustained on said inner frame. 1

6. In a bedA spring, the combination of'a'n louter frame adafpted to rest upon a `bedstead; an inner rame comprising strips of metal lying edgewise within the side lrailsv of the bedstead, and end strips and intermediate cross strips connecting the side strips; angular hangers supporting the inner4` frame from the outer frame, angular brackets secured to the inner frame; and a plurality of spiral springs, the inner springs beingsecured to said intermediate cross strips and the marginal springs around the edges thereofl being secured to said angular brackets. i

7. The combination with a f bed spring comprising a frame adapted to rest upon a bedstead, and a spring structure, of a twopiece covering for said bed spring consisting `of upper and lower covers separately and detachably secured to the outer and inner faces, respectively, of said frame, so as to ycompletely cover and inclose all of said bed. spring except the under surface of the frame.

8. The combination with aV bed spring comprising an outer frame" adapted to rest upon a bedstead, an inner frame lying within the side rails of the-bedstead, and a spring. structure, of a twofpart covering for said bed spring consisting of upper and lower covers secured to the inner and outer faces respectively of said outer frame, so as to completely cover and inclose all of said bed spring except the under Asurface of said outer frame. l 4 i 9. In a bedspr'ing, the combination with an outer rigid rectangular frame adapted to rest upon the bedstead, of a rigid-.rectangular frame within and spaced from the outer frame and rigidly connect-ed therewith, and a spring structure sustained on said inner iframe( 10. In a bed spring, the combinationl with a rigid outer rectangularA frame of wood adapted to rest upon a Abedstead, of -a rigid rectangular metal .frame within and spaced `from the outer frame and rigidly connected therewith so as to be supported within and to extend-below the top of-the side rails of the bedstead, and a spring structure. suported on said inner frame.

11. In a bed spring, the combination with a rigid rectangular frame adapted to rest upon a bedstead, of a rigid Arectangular frame within and spaced from the outer frame, rigid connections between the inner and outer iframes which are secured to the upper face of said outer frame, and a spring structuresupported on the inner frame.

12. In 'a bed spring, the combination with l an outer rectangular frame adapted to rest upon thebedstead, of a ri id rectangular frame within and spaced rom the outer frame and rigidly connected therewith, a spring'structure supported upon the inner frame, an upper cover extending over the top of said spring vstructure and detachably secured to the outer face of saidl outer frame,

'face' of said outer frame.

and a lower cover extending under and around said inner trame and spring struc* ture and detachably secured to the' inner 18. In a bed spring, the combination with a rigid outer frame adapted to restupon a hedstead, of a rigid inner frame comprising -strips of metal set on edge Which extend down below the outer frame so as to 'be improvement in Bed-Springs,

(foir'vrec'tionv in Letters PatentfNo., -1 ,0441 ,3v-10.

' 1912,- upon the application of George Loeklni signed andseaied this 29th daypf ofitober Af D., 1912.

GEORGE C. LOCKLIN. Witnesses I G'. Y. SKIMNERhv A. FALKENBERG.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,41,310, granted October 15,

of Hammond, Indiana, for an an error appears in the printed specification requiring' correction as follows: Page 2, line 100, for the numeral 37 read 2,' and that the lsaid Letters Patent should be read with this Correction therein that the same `may confor-m to the record of the case in thePateiit Office,

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'face' of said outer frame.

and a lower cover extending under and around said inner trame and spring struc* ture and detachably secured to the' inner 18. In a bed spring, the combination with a rigid outer frame adapted to restupon a hedstead, of a rigid inner frame comprising -strips of metal set on edge Which extend down below the outer frame so as to 'be improvement in Bed-Springs,

(foir'vrec'tionv in Letters PatentfNo., -1 ,0441 ,3v-10.

' 1912,- upon the application of George Loeklni signed andseaied this 29th daypf ofitober Af D., 1912.

GEORGE C. LOCKLIN. Witnesses I G'. Y. SKIMNERhv A. FALKENBERG.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,41,310, granted October 15,

of Hammond, Indiana, for an an error appears in the printed specification requiring' correction as follows: Page 2, line 100, for the numeral 37 read 2,' and that the lsaid Letters Patent should be read with this Correction therein that the same `may confor-m to the record of the case in thePateiit Office,

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